<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2963" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>richard,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>do you have a sander?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>put it to good use.  i recently did the same job, had the same trouble.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>just sand down the sides of the flanges a bit.  doesn't take much.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>best, </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>william r. monroe</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=richard.ucci@att.net href="mailto:richard.ucci@att.net">richard.ucci@att.net</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, September 15, 2006 7:51 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> yamaha butt flange repair</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Hi Listers,</DIV> <DIV>I need some advice on a Yamaha hammer butt flange replacement I just did.</DIV> <DIV>Many of the original flanges in the upper treble were so closely fitted I had to pry them loose from the rail.</DIV> <DIV>No space between. </DIV> <DIV>Also, the hammer butt would not line up as it had been when the set screw on the plate was tightened. It tweaked them off to the side, and they just didn't feel as secure. They are not spaced to the strings properly now, and it is going to be a problem.</DIV> <DIV>I used flanges from Pianotec, pins are the same size as originals.</DIV> <DIV>The reason for the job was the silk cords being broken.</DIV> <DIV>I could use some help...</DIV> <DIV>Rick Ucci/Ucci Piano  </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>